Alan Crozier wrote:
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> > Alan Crozier wrote:
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> > > > William Black wrote:
> > > > > "Doug Weller" <dweller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > All but one of the Amazon reviews are, to put it mildly,
> worthless.
> > > But an
> > > > > > acquaintance of mine, Donald Ball, has written a serious
review,
> see
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412026423/103-6438203-2351815?v=glance&n=283155
> > > > >
> > > > > Scary stuff
> > > > >
> > > > > I assume this is the next 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail'.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I managed to read few pages from this one and it is rather funny.
As
> > > > far as I can judge, it is
> > > > built on a standard premise 'the public is stupid and will digest
> > > > anything': all the known and
> > > > seemingly unrelated things are glued together by some clearly
phony or
> > > > questionable
> > > > 'links', then some ....er... 'facts' are added (with a correct
> > > > assumption that most of the
> > > > readers don't have enough knowledge and/or interest to check them)
and
> > > > voila!
> > > >
> > > > Of course, Templars were in the middle of it (weren't they
always?)
> and
> > > > there were dissapearing
> > > > galleys loaded with their gold... I would think that by XXI
century
> > > > most of the people
> > > > eventually figured out that the bankers don't keep most of their
> > > > capital in a bullion by a simple
> > > > reason that, unless invested, it does not bring any profit... But
I
> > > > must admit that the
> > > > dissapearing treasure fleet is much more entertaining.... OTOH,
was a
> > > > galley an effective
> > > > cargo ****p? IIRC, most of the sea travel was done in more
seaworthy
> > > > vessels.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > IIRC, one of the authors was on TV in a program dedicated to 'Da
> Vinchi
> > > > Code' and was
> > > > doing some criticism of the ....er... facts presented in this
book.
> > > >
> > > > > Oh well, if it is we'll get a buckett load in the next feww
> weeks...
> > > >
> > > > Do you prefer buckets of the today's politics? :-)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I keep saying that one day I'm going to write something like
this
> and
> > > make
> > > > > enough money to live in luxury for the rest of my life...
> > > >
> > > > You just have to find a publisher. The rest is easy. :-)
> > >
> > > Just go to
> http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/trafford.html?310191257-13525aaa,
> > > as Grant Berkley did. Prices range from 699 to 1399 dollars.
> >
> > Hah! I would be into it for _getting_ money, not for paying them. :-)
>
> It reminds me of the scene in What's New, *****cat? where Woody Allen
tells
> someone about his new job, working at the striptease:
>
> I help the girls dress and undress.
> Nice job.
> Twenty francs a week.
> Not very much.
> It's all I can afford
You see, he was getting something tangible for his money. What would I
get for mine besides
useless glory? :-)
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